Joshua Oreoluwa Akintayo
Short Curriculum vitae
May 2025 – July 2025 Megatrends Afrika Research Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Germany.
Since October 2020 PhD student of politics and international relations at the University of Kent with a research focus on the intersection of preventing and countering violent extremism, conflict related sexual violence, and peacebuilding.
2016 – 2017 Master of Science in Political Science at University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
2011 – 2015 Bachelor of Political Science and Government at University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Publications of the Megatrends Afrika project
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Fragmented Approaches, Missed Opportunities: Security Coordination Challenges in Nigeria’s DDRR Efforts
Disengagement, disassociation, reintegration, and reconciliation programmes are central to Nigeria’s counter-terrorism, but rivalries among security agencies limit their impact. Joshua Akintayo highlights how such competition weakens effectiveness and ultimately increases the risk of recidivism.
Megatrends Policy Brief 42, 29.09.2025, 10 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025MTA-PB42